because it was fild with hay, was set on fire by the first Granado,
and burnt to ashes: the great shooting of off Ordnance
from the City Walls, and the severall sallying out, and
Skirmishes, at which time severall of their Canons touch-holes
were nailed, and their men put to the worst, cast them into a
despair of conquering this City, because they could not devise
any means to get over the walls, notwithstanding they
approached so near, that we could be heard in speaking one to
another; the chiefest thing he met here with, was, That hee
never saw the like Fort or strong Hold, which was the reason
that moved him to carry his greatest guns away the sooner:
we, perceiving it, made a sally out on the second of October,
about five of the clock in the morning, consisting of 650 men,
both Horse and Foot, being young Citizens, Souldiers and
Peasants; and falling on the Foot Court, called Saint George,
where the Enemy was strongly intrenched; We destroyed above
a thousand of the Enemies, that were eating, drinking,
roasting and boyling of Provisions, seventeen Colours were
taken, and some prisoners, amongst whom there was Colonell
sonckler; who by reason of a shot he received, died presently
after he was brought into the City.
It was wonderfull to behold, how our Souldiers and these
Peasants laded themselves with Kettles, Arms and garments,
which they had taken from the Moscovites: some of ours
died, that were wounded in this Skirmish; and our young
Citizens behaved themselves so gallantly in this Encounter,
that they took Eleven Colours. If the Souldiers and Troopers
had done as well as our Citizens, they might have gotten
the Moscorian Field Marshall, by name Kniesce Jacob, who
saved himself out of a Window at a backside: Our men
were in their Sallies too timerous, else they mights have
brought in greater bootie. They say, that the great Prince
of Moscivia hath shed tears, when he heard that so many Co-hours
and Flags were taken from him, which was done in the
space of 2 hours.
In the afternoon these Colours were first carried displaied
through the Citie, afterward they were carried along on the